News & Blogs

A small patient arrives at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) clinging tightly to her mother’s hand. Her eyes fix on the unfamiliar machines lining the corridor and reflect fear and confusion. Beside her, a Child Life Specialist kneels to offer a toy stethoscope and support. 

AMPATH’s Health Financing team is marking one year of supporting Kenya’s new Social Health Insurance. Their work has strengthened both household access to care and the financial stability of local health facilities.

The SCINOP project (Driving Scientific Citizenry and Knowledge-to-Policy Adaptation in Maternal Child Health) is reshaping how Kenya uses evidence to strengthen maternal and child health policies.

When Jamil Said first opened a neuroanatomy textbook as a young medical student, he had no idea the path it would set him on. “I just fell in love with neuroanatomy,” he recalls.

AMPATH Qualitative Research Core (AQRC) helps researchers uncover the human stories that explain the statistics. They provide a deeper understanding of research questions which ultimately translates to better healthcare and patient behaviour.

Today, AMPATH Kenya partners and local parents celebrate the groundbreaking of the MTRH Wezesha Watoto Children’s Neurodevelopment Centre—a first-of-its-kind center designed to provide comprehensive care, education and support for children with neurodevelopmental conditions and their families.